First College Tour...

Wellesley College, a small private women’s school, was our first college to visit. The campus was lovely, situated on a lake in Wellesley, Massachusetts, about 45 minutes outside of Boston. We took a campus tour and went to an admissions session. While Veronica went to her first college class, we walked around the town. It wasn’t the cute college town that we would have hoped; in fact, we had sticker shock when we went into a prom dress shop and many of the dresses were around $2,000.

After lunch, we met with two professors to learn about their research, which included a tour of the greenhouses. We were definitely impressed with the science center and its interdisciplinary labs.

We had read about The Sleepwalker statue before we arrived and were happy to find him. It was amazing how realistic he was, which made Veronica very reluctant to pose with him. Apparently, he’s been vandalized with yellow paint since our visit, but he’ll remain until the end of July when the accompanying exhibit in the art museum closes.

That evening we took Joe, Lisa and Allie out for dinner. It brought tears to my eyes when Joe and Lisa offered to be Veronica’s surrogate family if she went to Wellesley (she’s since decided that it’s not the school for her). The next morning, it was time to drive to Ithaca, New York.